Re: Bug#539749: Time for a new maintainer for Auctex?

2009-08-24 Thread Davide G. M. Salvetti
fant == Frank Küster [2009-8-21] fant Davide G. M. Salvetti sa...@debian.org wrote: fant But I also think that your style of working is not encouraging for fant collaborators. You actually *do* accept patches, sometimes as-is, fant sometimes you take them as inspiration, but solve the issue

Re: Time for a new maintainer for Auctex?

2009-08-20 Thread Davide G. M. Salvetti
AT == Andreas Tille [2009-8-19] AT Considering the facts presented above asking people for sending AT patches is a bit weak arguing (well not even so weak as the AT packaging work where we can not see a visible sign in the changelog AT since two years). Dear Andreas, actually I am not

Re: Bug#539749: Time for a new maintainer for Auctex?

2009-08-20 Thread Frank Küster
Davide G. M. Salvetti sa...@debian.org wrote: The package is comaintained, and qualified people are always welcome (Frank Küster being the most prominent, looking to past history). One who has not much time to spend ATM, though. And I must admit that your packaging style is a hindrance, too:

Re: Time for a new maintainer for Auctex?

2009-08-20 Thread Andreas Tille
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:22:17AM +0200, Davide G. M. Salvetti wrote: actually I am not presenting any argument. Your arguing actually was: ... you can start by studying how the software is packaged and of course you are welcome to send in patches. as a response to a patch which was

Re: Time for a new maintainer for Auctex?

2009-08-20 Thread Davide G. M. Salvetti
AT == Andreas Tille [2009-8-20] AT Your arguing actually was: DGMS ... you can start by studying how the software DGMS is packaged and of course you are welcome to send in patches. AT as a response to a patch which was provided inside #539749. I'd AT call this weak arguing (at best). Then I

Re: Bug#539749: Time for a new maintainer for Auctex?

2009-08-20 Thread Frank Küster
Davide G. M. Salvetti sa...@debian.org wrote: AT == Andreas Tille [2009-8-20] AT Your arguing actually was: DGMS ... you can start by studying how the software DGMS is packaged and of course you are welcome to send in patches. AT as a response to a patch which was provided inside

Re: Bug#539749: Time for a new maintainer for Auctex?

2009-08-20 Thread Frank Küster
Andreas Tille andr...@an3as.eu wrote: patches myself and build local packages if I want to use recent high popcon software like Emacs 23 who are not even be able to say sorry for not beeing active to potential helpers. What I was considering myself (years ago) was to create a package

Re: Time for a new maintainer for Auctex?

2009-08-19 Thread Andreas Tille
Hi On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Davide G. M. Salvettisa...@debian.org wrote: please, stand corrected, as I intend to keep auctex maintenance. Thank you for your offer of help, you can start by studying how the software is packaged and of course you are welcome to send in patches.

Re: Time for a new maintainer for Auctex?

2009-08-14 Thread Cyril Brulebois
David Bremner brem...@unb.ca (13/08/2009): I guess two of the NMUs are internationalization issues, so I don't really how indicative they are of lack of maintanence. On the other hand, the package has 22 lintian warnings, and sits at policy 3.7.2, which makes it likely to have some RC bugs.

Re: Time for a new maintainer for Auctex?

2009-08-14 Thread David Bremner
Cyril Brulebois wrote: [1 text/plain; us-ascii (7bit)] David Bremner brem...@unb.ca (13/08/2009): I guess two of the NMUs are internationalization issues, so I don't really how indicative they are of lack of maintanence. On the other hand, the package has 22 lintian warnings, and sits at

Re: Time for a new maintainer for Auctex?

2009-08-14 Thread Davide G. M. Salvetti
DB == David Bremner [2009-8-14] [...] DB I don't think that any of this changes my major point, which is that DB the package at least seems abandoned by its maintainer(s). I would DB be quite happy to be corrected on this point. Hi, please, stand corrected, as I intend to keep auctex

Re: Time for a new maintainer for Auctex?

2009-08-14 Thread Jonathan Yu
Hi: On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 9:42 AM, Davide G. M. Salvettisa...@debian.org wrote:  DB == David Bremner [2009-8-14] [...] DB I don't think that any of this changes my major point, which is that DB the package at least seems abandoned by its maintainer(s). I would DB be quite happy to be

Time for a new maintainer for Auctex?

2009-08-13 Thread David Bremner
Since the last maintainer upload, there have been 3 (going on 4) NMUs and two new upstream versions. I guess two of the NMUs are internationalization issues, so I don't really how indicative they are of lack of maintanence. On the other hand, the package has 22 lintian warnings, and sits at